Kukla's Korner Hockey

“I can hardly wait until we get at the U.S.,” he said in an interview. “I can hardly wait.”

Cherry said U.S. players made a mistake when they slagged the Canadians after defeating them 5-3 last Sunday.

Cherry, the Hockey Night In Canada commentator and radio show personality, appeared on the Jim Rome show this week during which U.S. commentators ragged him about Canada’s loss to the Americans.

“They were giving it to us (Canadians) pretty good,” he said. It was, ‘This is your game. How goes it feel? And you’re going to lose again.’ They were kidding, but they weren’t kidding, if you know what I mean.”

“I said we are going to win the gold. This was before the game against Russia. I said, we’re going to meet your guys in the final and we’re going to kick your ass.”